Resource Library

The Center for Science in the Public Interest’s resource library is the place to find primary source material such as fact sheets, legal and regulatory filings, letters to agencies, infographics, and other documents.

Sixteen obese contestants on NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” lost an average of 128 pounds after an intensive seven months of dieting and exercise in 2009. That amounted to shedding an average of 39 percent of their body weight.

Could they keep that weight off? Researchers at the National Institutes of Health set out to find out from the 14 contestants who agreed to be studied.